From 7e9c1b603d22fff460b61ab25974a13fcb99d964 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gorhill Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 10:00:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Experimental features (markdown) --- Experimental-features.md | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Experimental-features.md b/Experimental-features.md index 6c9e0ca..b38d8cb 100644 --- a/Experimental-features.md +++ b/Experimental-features.md @@ -40,4 +40,34 @@ Advantages of local mirroring: - Faster page load Disadvantage of local mirroring: -- Higher memory consumption \ No newline at end of file +- Higher memory consumption + +**Update:** I ran a new benchmark to highlight better the effects of using local mirroring (cut & pasted [from here](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/264#issuecomment-57812998)): + +I ran a new benchmark with uBlock 0.6.6.0-rc.0 and ABP 1.8.5 with the same lists (except Peter Lowe's because there is no easy convenient way to install it in Adblock Plus -- so I assume users are likely to not bother). + +Here is the resulting diff: https://www.diffchecker.com/5z91i47m + +![a](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/585534/4509165/69889bac-4b1c-11e4-8ee6-3d2f2b2cc6f0.png) + +In red what ABP blocked which was not blocked by uBlock. +In green what uBlock blocked which was not blocked by ABP. + +I suspect the only two requests not blocked by uBlock which were blocked by ABP is just the result of the page content changing between the time I benchmarked uBlock and ABP. + +Filter lists: +- ABP: Out of box settings + EasyPrivacy, Malware domains, Fanboy's Social Blocking List, Anti-Facebook + "Acceptable ads" disabled +- uBlock: Out of box settings + Anti-Facebook + Local mirroring enabled and primed (as it would be through normal use). + +What local mirroring accomplished in the above benchmark... Prevented connections to: +- `2mdn.net` +- `ajax.googleapis.com` +- `cloudflare.com` +- `fonts.googleapis.com` +- `googletagservices.com` +- `gstatic.com` +- `janrain.com` +- `jquery.com` +- `twitter.com` + +And since the remote resources were available locally, preventing the connection didn't cause page breakage. \ No newline at end of file